Stair-pad.



Patented Sept. 2, |902..

H H. SANDERSN.

S-TAIR PAD.

(Application ledune 24, 1901.)

(No Model.)

/1 ,/f/ t l/ W/TNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT H. SANDERSON, OF WALPOLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

STAlR-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,260, datedSeptember 2, 1902.

Application filed .I une 24; 1901. Serial No, 65,751. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.;

Be it known that I, HERBERT H. SANDER- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Walpole, in the county of Norfolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStair-Pads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in stair-pads, such as are placedunder a staircarpet upon the treads for the purpose of cushioning thecarpet.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved stair-.padwhich is simple in construction, strong and durable, can be manufacturedeasily and rapidly, and is not expensive.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of referenceindicate like parts in all the figures, Figure l is a verticaltransverse sectional view of my improved stairpad; Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the same. Ei g.

3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view onthe line 3. 3 of Fig. Al.

The pad is constructed with a backing or base A of pasteboard,cardboard, or likematerial ofthe proper size and shape, taking intoconsideration that the front edge is to be curved over to form the noseo1: lip B, which is to t on the nosing of the stair-tread. A piece offabric C, such as ordinary white goods or muslin, is placed with itsedge part on the under side of the base or backing'A and stitched alongsaid edge to thebacking by machinery, the stitches passing through thefabric and backing and extending in a longitudinal line a from one endof the pad to the other, preferably at the center or midway between thefront and rear edges. Then the fabric is drawn over the rear edge,passed over the top of the backing and then over the front edge of thebacking, and then the free edge of the fabric is Vstitched by hand tothat edge of the fabric previously stitched to the under side of thebacking by the machine. Of course in so applying the fabric dueallowance is to be made for the iilling or cushioning materialsuch ascotton-batting, tow, excelsior, or any other suitable lling-which isplaced between the upper surface of the base .or backing and the toplayer of fabric. This filling materialD is then introduced and the topand bottom. layers of fabricl stitched to the backing atend of thelatter by a row of machine-stitches b at each end,which stitches passthrough the backing also. Glue is applied on the under side of the padat the front edge, and this glued front-edge part is then turned over ona suitable machine to form plied as described is much cheaper thanmaking it in -bag form into whichthe base and filling are subsequentlyplaced.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

As an article of manufacture, a stair-pad,

composed of a base, a fabric stitched along l its edges to the base onthe under side thereof, along a longitudinal line extending from one endofV the base to the other, the fabric extending from said line ofstitching over the front and rear'edges of the base and over the uppersurface of the base, whereby the inceting edges of the covering aresecured to the under side of the base along said longitudinal row ofstitching, a soft filling between the top ofy the base and the upperlayer of covering fabric, and a transverse row of stitching through theupper and lower layers of covering fabric, and through the base alongeach end edge of the base,substantially as set forth.

Signed at Walpole, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts,this 14th day of June,.A. D. 1901.

HERBERT H. SANDERSON.

Witnesses: i

EDITHE E. BARLowE, CLARA E. CRAWFORD.

